Which is more correct in determining the nisab of banknotes: 85 grams or 83 grams, and is it permissible to calculate the nisab using the value of 85/83 grams, given that the price of gold changes daily?
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Zakat becomes obligatory if the wealth reaches the lower of the two nisab thresholds, whether of gold or silver. If the wealth reaches the value of one of them, a lunar year (hawl) is calculated. If the wealth falls below the nisab during the year, the calculation of the year is interrupted.
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